June 04, 2007

That stupid Holocaust conference...

What do you hope we will say when we get home? Legenhausen answered with energy:

"Tell them that you asked hard questions. Tell them that you weren't just rolling over.

"Tell them that you asked about that ridiculous holocaust conference. Tell them that I told you I thought it was horrible.

"They were attempting to focus on a sore spot in the West, in order to expose the West's hypocrisy. But they didn't educate themselves. They invited racists, and the whole thing backfired.

"Back here, I was protesting. I was saying things like "Do you know who David Duke is? This is a man who actually claims that even Chinese civilization was founded by white people." People here had no idea. Now I'm telling them that young Iranians need to be better educated about the Holocaust.

At this point, Dr. Fanaii broke in:

"It happened, but it was exaggerated. Even so, why should Palestinians pay for it? That's not acceptable. And besides, people shouldn't be prohibited from conducting independent research."